Descendants of Presidents Ford and Carter proposed new principles to make sure upcoming elections will be fair, secure, and trusted by the American people.The Ford School of Public Policy hosted the Carter Center, Ford Presidential Foundation, and...
The Ford School of Public Policy recognizes Megan Connors (MPP ‘26) as the 2023 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Fellow. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Fellowship is awarded to one of the most exceptional Ford School applicants each year, chosen for...
The Ford School has an exciting and diverse series of events this fall, designed to encourage policy debate, civic engagement, and Conversations Across Differences in a number of ways for students, faculty, staff, and the wider U-M and general...
For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton...
The Ford School is pleased to announce an exciting lineup for the winter 2023 Policy Talks @ the Ford School series and other special public events hosted with partners from across campus.
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise...
U.S. democratic institutions are under attack. While law enforcement agencies and a Congressional committee still work to investigate the January 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol, a wave of subsequent efforts have continued to seek to undermine the...
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
1000 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Join the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy as we explore the legacy of Watergate fifty years on.
Pulitzer Prize winning historian, journalist and commentator Anne Applebaum delivers the keynote lecture of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series, in conversation with Dean Michael S. Barr.
Weill Hall, Betty Ford Classroom (1110)
(Also available virtually)
Join to hear from TIME National Political Correspondent Molly Ball in conversation with longtime political writer Craig Gilbert to kick off the Spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series.
Pulitzer Prize winning historian, journalist and commentator Anne Applebaum delivers the keynote lecture of the spring 2022 Democracy in Crisis series, in conversation with Dean Michael S. Barr. April, 2022.
TIME National Political Correspondent Molly Ball discusses with Craig Gilbert the 2020 election and what we learned and how can we strengthen democracy going forward. March, 2022.